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    Brutus: A Tragic Hero By Chad Gingery In the play Julius Caesar‚ by William Shakespeare‚ Brutus is a tragic hero for he was easily manipulated‚ naive and patriotic. Brutus believed that the Romans wanted him as the leader to assassinate Caesar‚ because of the forged notes that were sent to him by Cassius. The note explained how to assassinate Caesar by Speaking‚ Striking and Redressing. This note by Cassius caused Brutus to be manipulated into joining the conspirators‚ one of many flaws that leads

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    Happy Anniversary my Sweet Love! For you‚ I thank the Lord above You’ve given me hope‚ inspiration and truth Because of you I feel never-ending youth When heavy storms have come our way Your love has always made me stay Each morning I wake and see your face I know in you‚ I’ve found my place Our bond is extraordinary‚ beautiful‚ and real It’s remarkable how wonderful you make me feel We belong together‚ you and I That‚ the world cannot deny Never in my life will I find another man Who

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    Julius Caesar‚ the Tragic Hero in this story‚ was loved by the citizens‚ but killed for the greater good of Rome. Walking down the Roman streets you’d hear his followers yelling‚ “Hail Caesar!” This proves‚ how he was greatly admired by his people‚ and goes to show what would result from his death; angered citizens and war between the two factions. During his crowning‚ this was chanted by the crowd showing this was what they believed was good for Rome. After Caesar’s brutal assassination‚ Mark Antony

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    A tragic hero is a literary character who makes a judgement error that inevitably leads to his or her own destruction. Characteristics of a tragic hero are typically the character has an internal struggle‚ which he or she may display as a weakness or a pernicious trait like hubris‚ and this trait brings about his or her own destruction. Also‚ the tragic hero is normally a person of nobility‚ or a great significance‚ whose destruction will arouse the audience in pity or fear. In The Tragedy of Julius

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    Aristotle defines a tragic hero as “having high estate‚ nobility of soul‚ ability to have free will‚ having tragic flaw‚ also somebody we are able to empathize with‚ a person who suffers from reversal of fortune‚ achieving enlightenment‚ accepting responsibility for his/her fall and being able to die bravely.” I am going to use Aristotle’s definition of a tragic hero to support evidence to the character Antigone‚ in the play Antigone. To me‚ the tragic hero in the play is Antigone. Antigone‚ who

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    Creon as the True Tragic Hero of Antigone “But now at last our new king is coming: Creon of Thebes” (Sophocles 1.1). This quote is found in Sophocles’ play Antigone. The main characters from Antigone‚ Creon and Antigone‚ are often confused as to who is the true tragic hero. Aristotle’s theory as to what a true tragic hero is includes one who starts the play in a noble stature‚ one whose tragic flaw leads them to a downfall‚ one who receives a punishment that exceeds the crime‚ and one who learns

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    Hamlet is mostly seen as a “tragic hero” which is a person or character with a flaw in personality or judgement that will lead that character to actions that will end in disaster. Hamlet definitely has some flaws that make him fit the basics of a “tragic hero”. One major flaw that actually brings Hamlet to rest is his willingness to over-think. He often thinks about situations too much which causes him to procrastinate‚ this delay in judgement inevitably helps Claudius to escape and plot Hamlet’s

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    describe characters through out literature. The classic mythological hero may be described as having the tragic Greek heroic personality. The tragic Greek heroic personality contains characteristics such as excellence (arête)‚ pride (hubris)‚ blind recklessness (ate)‚ and disastrous retribution (nemesis). Though most mythological heroes contain these qualities‚ Sophocles developed his own heroic personality. The sophoclean tragic hero is "one whose rigid and courageous loyalty to particular principles

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    Tragic Hero in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Many pieces of literature are dependent on their protagonist(s). This character often acts upon emotion and creates a path from which a purpose emerges. Brutus‚ a powerful Roman figure in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar takes on this role. He kills Caesar’s under the assumption that he will soon become mad with power. He later realizes his wrongdoings and dies because of them. In William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Brutus acts as a tragic

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    from his platonic conception of himself” (Fitzgerald 98). Thanks to a job on millionaire Dan Cody’s yacht‚ Jay was inspired to change his way of life. Despite his mysterious past‚ including rumours that he killed a man‚ Gatsby was in every way a tragic hero. After meeting a beautiful girl named Daisy in Louisville‚ Gatsby spent his whole life fighting to be with her. He was too poor to ever be seen with her‚ so he got in deep with some gangsters just trying to earn enough money to be with her. When

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